Apple
GPU Top Level Physical Design Engineer
$185K–$325K
Austin, Texas +1 · Full-time · Posted Apr 14, 2026
- Location
- Austin, Texas
Santa Clara, California - Experience
- 10 years of relevant experience; no alternatives stated.
- Education
- BS
About the job
Implements GPU chip physical design from netlist to tapeout, leading top-level place-and-route integration and coordinating physical design across teams.
What you'll do
- Collaborate with the front-end team to address physical design early in the design cycle.
- Develop physical design methodologies, guidelines, and checklists; drive execution and monitor progress.
- Lead top-level place-and-route integration and communicate physical design needs to cross-functional teams.
What they ask for
- BS degree and 10 years of relevant experience.
- ASIC integration experience in one or more of floorplanning, clock and power distribution, global signal planning, or I/O planning.
- Experience with floorplanning tools and P&R flows (Cadence or Synopsys).
Nice to have
- Experience with hierarchical or top-down design, budgeting, timing, and physical convergence.
- Experience integrating internal and external IP and defining physical-domain IP requirements.
Pay
$184,700 and $324,800 (USD, base salary)
Tools
Cadence, Synopsys
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